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Pennsylvania’s Trolley Heritage by Kenneth C. Springirth
Pennsylvanias Trolley Heritage by Kenneth C. Springirth
Soft cover
Copyright 2015 by Kenneth C. Springirth
Contents
Acknowledgments6
Introduction7
Chapter 1. Northwestern Pennsylvania Trolleys9
Chapter 2. Pittsburgh Trolleys19
Chapter 3. Harmony and Mars Trolley Routes45
Chapter 4. Sharon and New Castle Trolleys49
Chapter 5. West Penn Railways Company51
Chapter 6. Johnstown Traction Company55
Chapter 7. Altoona Trolleys59
Chapter 8. Williamsport Trolleys63
Chapter 9. Harrisburg Railways65
Chapter 10. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley67
Chapter 11. Scranton Transit71
Chapter 12. Wilkes-Barre Railway73
Chapter 13. Lancaster Trolleys77
Chapter 14. York Railways81
Chapter 15. Reading Street Railway83
Chapter 16. Hershey Transit85
Chapter 17. Lehigh Valley Transit91
Chapter 18. Fairmount Park Trolleys97
Chapter 19. Philadelphia Trolleys99
Chapter 20. Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys115
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority nicely decorated Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) car No.2168 is on 12th Street north of Market Street for a "Holiday Trolley" trip to Bainbridge Street in Center City Philadelphia on November 27, 1998.This was one of 60 cars Nos. 2141-2200 built by St. Louis Car Company in 1948 for the Philadelphia Transportation Company. Car No. 2168 was overhauled in 1986 and was used as the Chestnut Hill trolley in 1992-1996. Pennsylvania has been a leader in electric trolley car transportation. In July 1923, Pennsylvania had 104 operating trolley companies, the most of any state in the United States. The J. G. Brill Company, in Philadelphia, became the largest manufacturer of trolley cars in the United States. The first girder rail for trolley cars was rolled by the Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1877. Fairmount Park, in Philadelphia, was the first park in the world in 1897 to have a trolley car line built entirely within the park. In 1931, the Philadelphia & Western Railway Company placed in service the first high speed electric commuter car designed by extensive wind tunnel testing. As late as 1954, Philadelphia Transportation Company operated 1,513 trolley cars while in 1950, Pittsburgh Railways Company operated 1,187 trolley cars. Pennsylvania's Trolley Heritage is a photographic essay that provides an insight into the once large network of urban and rural trolley car lines in Pennsylvania and the current light rail operation in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Kenneth C. Springirth, the author of 28 books on railroads and trolley car lines, has an interest in rail history as his father was a trolley car motorman in Philadelphia, and his grandfather was a trolley car motorman in Washington D.C. A native of Philadelphia, he commuted to Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter rail graduating in 1962.
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